tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173516932015-02-13T20:24:30.152-05:00The A.D.D. Knitter--because I make everything a lot harder than it needs to be...The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.comBlogger347125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-83106920662146376132013-04-26T22:01:00.002-04:002013-04-26T22:01:22.774-04:00A Winner and a Baby Hat
Wow--you guys are all about winning, aren't you? I wish I could send
all of you a free book but that's not in the budget. So instead let's
all give a big round of applause to the winner Jannoknits! Tippecanoe has made his pronouncement and no one can defy him. Just look at him, he can't be swayed!
Since you're here you might as well look at what is basically the cutest
baby hat I have The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-91231293117522768072013-04-21T23:26:00.000-04:002013-04-21T12:52:30.347-04:00Knit to Flatter
As the most math-phobic knitter on the damn planet I have to say that I am blown away by the acumen for knitting arithmetic displayed in Amy Herzog's brand-new Knit to Flatter. You guys, she has gotten her abacus and tape measure out and breaks it down for you in this book!
If you know anything about Amy, you know that she one of the most passionate knitters and designers you will ever The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com77tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-24793270886220751472013-01-26T18:02:00.000-05:002013-01-26T18:06:03.187-05:00Cavalcade of Hats
There was a time on this here ol' blog that I would never have dreamed of posting six projects at once. Blow my blogging wad on six-at-a-time? Heaven forbid! But since I have a big time back log of projects to try like hell to remember the details of talk about, here is your cavalcade of hats!
First up: Empire hat, or What Gavroche Might Wear on the Barricades
Specs: Empire Hat by KirstenThe A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-57433963285831834352012-12-02T20:59:00.002-05:002012-12-02T20:59:58.920-05:00Alberta
I have my dear girl Earthchick to thank for so much, but most recently for this vest. It was her example that got me interested in this pattern. I am the person who sees what another person is ordering in a restaurant / buying at Trader Joe's / knitting and immediately must have it for myself. And so it was with this vest--she was knitting it and I had to knit it too! (Nevermind that she is The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-15303050315725323962012-03-31T16:55:00.003-04:002012-03-31T17:44:18.894-04:00Attention Philatelists!A few weeks ago I was pottering around the ol' stash (yes, it's a geographical location) and came across one of the rarer skeins of yarn a knitter d'une certaine age could possibly have. I came upon my finding quite by accident and when I set my eyes up it I let out a mini-gasp. People I am talking about a yarn whose discontinuation and subsequent departure has left a gaping whole in our The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-62167997139883475802012-03-06T09:56:00.003-05:002012-03-06T20:33:01.041-05:00Muckle Mitts!Thanks to all for tolerating my brief foray into merchandising. If you are still itching to acquire more stash, just click HERE and HERE. Ahem.Several weeks ago I participated in a swap (the one that brought the aforementioned quilt as well as this unbelievable doll my way. Yes, a doll, Go look at it!). Now sometimes swaps give me the shakes and fill me with dread and fear, but with certain The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-15255983083231875552012-03-03T20:53:00.016-05:002012-03-31T17:42:54.403-04:00EPIC Destash!From: The Department of Shameless MercantilismTo: Yarny PublicRe: Yarn that is priced to SELLIt has come to my attention that I have, as it would appear, acquired an amount of yarn that even if I were to employ a Triangle factory-type sweat shop knitting round the clock for several years, would not be exhausted. So my gluttony and disgraceful miscalculation is your gain!Several things to keep inThe A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-43251706334261073842012-02-27T21:36:00.010-05:002012-02-28T09:12:26.061-05:00N O R B Y and my most prized possessionFebruary: Groundhog Day is a snoozefest, President's Day is underwhelming and Valentine's Day is perennially fraught (short version: "forgot it was a holiday, we're celebrating it? blah blah, oops". Yes I'm aggrieved and petty, it's why you come here, remember?). However there are some mighty nice things that happened this February and it would be a shame not to mention them!For one, I knitted a The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-39115909626558168262012-01-29T12:15:00.004-05:002012-01-29T13:40:45.093-05:00T R E M O N TJanuary, almost over? Sheesh, I really need to get with the program. I have loads and loads of WIPs and FOs people, so if you can still tolerate my erratic and maddeningly undependable ways, you are in for quite the treat once I get my blogging act together.The SpecsPattern: Tremont by Cecily Glowik McDonaldYarn: Quince and Co. Lark, 1 skein in "Goldfinch"Needles: size 6Mods: Accidentally doing The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-24698177249212025162011-12-26T11:53:00.007-05:002011-12-26T13:22:30.779-05:00Ripley and a woodland delightOh hello! Yes I'm the person that was just going to give away a skein of Malabrigo a few days after posting and BOOM it's a month later. Yes, well, that's par for course around here I'm afraid to to tell you. However I am rectifying the gross injustice that has been committed by sending it out straight away to the Greenhorn Knitter. Enjoy!I recently acquired a few skeins of Rowan Creative Focus The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-21984090516550663922011-11-25T13:14:00.003-05:002011-11-25T16:43:03.888-05:00féileacán hataíI consider myself quite lucky because just as my tempermental junior divas grow increasingly weary of my FO photo shoot requests and start to try to write riders into their contracts with me (iTunes gift cards & the Justin Bieber perfume in exchange for modeling a hat, are you kidding me?), I have new talent rising up through the ranks. We had the good fortune of hosting the The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-21239887590619339712011-11-21T16:30:00.004-05:002011-11-21T17:18:06.040-05:00Effie!Seeing as I seem to be acquiring "special order" yarn like it's my job, I figured it was time to actually knit with the stuff. What good is stoking an Internet yarn sensation if you don't actually knit with it? I had the perfect pattern ready to go, so I made myself a cocktail (unrelated), got out my X-acto knife and tore into my box of shiny new yarn. Hot tip: don't use X-acto knives around The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-77759720155472722342011-11-07T08:20:00.003-05:002011-11-07T09:09:14.423-05:00Horatio HornbobberOf one of the pure joys of fall is being able to fire up the hat assembly line and crank out hats in pure Fordist fashion. Nothing is more exciting to this knitter than making hats. Sweaters are fine and dandy but oh when you have a lot of real estate to cover they're decidedly less exciting--can I get an amen from the XLs among you? Scarves start with a bang and invariably lost their luster The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-42933070786076549432011-10-26T22:23:00.007-04:002011-10-27T07:50:25.829-04:00Rhinebeck 2011Oh well hello there! Yes it's been quite an eventful month. You know, things like fiber festival wing dings, having your house partially remodeled and watching in realtime as your marriage implodes at Lowe's while you SHOUT OVER one another about Levolor blind options and dual fuel ovens [for the record, I won both those arguments with my implacable logic but alas allowed him to get his way on The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-17291352021981535132011-09-25T22:34:00.002-04:002011-09-25T22:55:03.655-04:00GAP-tasticExcuse me whileI brush that dust off my shoulder à la Jay-Z while I tell you all about the latest roll I'm on. PEOPLE--I'm on a roll because for the second time in the last five years Nora has asked me to knit her something that she actually wore and did not throw down in disgust or pile it on her Poang which is a repository for all her crumpled, discarded garments!! I am such a winner right The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-60911994667737087972011-09-09T09:01:00.002-04:002011-09-09T09:54:32.751-04:00Ontological Ishbel musingsNormally I like to keep it light up in here, but today I have a serious question of a deep philosophical nature: can a shawl really be called an Ishbel if the slatternly knitter behind it only does one repeat of chart A? Yes, I said one repeat of chart A. I'm not quite sure what caused me to bind off and call it a day at that point. Was is that I was seeing the recipient of the shawl (if you can The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-52066031608608965022011-08-25T22:13:00.003-04:002011-08-25T22:44:37.058-04:00Back to School: Cecily
I never cease to marvel at the incredible talents of our knitpal designers. We are so fortunate to be surrounded by a cohort of super talented designers that seems to effortlessly churn out patterns that keep us interested and knee-deep in fabulous knits. One of those designers, Melissa of Knitting School Dropout fame, just won't quit with the amazing. Case in point: the Cecily Beret.
The SpecsThe A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-24581935576781549122011-08-08T00:00:00.010-04:002011-08-08T01:14:05.873-04:00Hup Hup Holland!Things you most likely know about me by now: when I promise you phenomena such as a cavalcade of knits, you that this likely means you won't see hide nor hair of me for a month. Oops! Hey, it's hard work having both your kids at camp--suddenly finding oneself with deep existential choices such as Shall I have a Moscow Mule or a Dark n Stormy for dinner? Which buttermilk-based Smitten Kitchen The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-25971414685238431412011-07-02T10:23:00.006-04:002011-07-02T11:34:03.015-04:00Maple Leaf RagThose of you who are in the know and keep up with all the goings on in Knitlandia know the above picture to be of Caro, the beauty and brains behind Splityarn and Knitting it Old School. Can you even stand how cute she is, both here and in general? I haven't had a model round these parts of such stature in quite a long time. Let's not share that tidbit with my kids, because they are just looking The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-70420972341544257272011-05-21T11:42:00.002-04:002011-05-21T14:13:43.382-04:00Ulmus: DONEThere is nothing more satisfying than finishing a project that has been languishing on the needles for, oh, the better part of two years. I remember seeing my pal Juliefrick's test knit version at MDS&W right after the pattern had been released in 09 and NEEDING to cast on immediately. Luckily I was in line at The Fold's booth at the time and was able to instagratibuy the yarn for it. That day IThe A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-71694976634893447852011-05-15T12:08:00.004-04:002011-05-15T17:13:50.351-04:00French Press Cowl
If there is one thing I'm basically always game for, it's a good ol' KAL. To me there is nothing more fun than doing a project at the same time as a bunch of other knitters because you guarantee that you'll have an instant cadre of people who can help you out when you stumble or hesitate. And you're there as well to give advice and cheer your KAL pals along. It's a win-win scenario!
The Specs
The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-24206244689008895652011-04-30T10:33:00.010-04:002011-04-30T12:55:49.926-04:00Flat Stanley: Pattern you will tire of but nonetheless love
Stripe study indeed: you best be prepared to study and study those stripes because you will be spending a lot of quality time together. In fact you'll have a blooming PhD in stripes by the time you're done. However I am not going to disparage this pattern too much because when all is said and done you are left with a stunning and impressive shawl of the highest order, but what I will say is thisThe A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-35712757622295233732011-04-09T12:09:00.003-04:002011-04-09T12:51:45.840-04:00Pattern you will never tire of!Well the Shetland Triangle is the stuff of legends for a very good reason: it just WORKS, you know? It is supremely wearable and quite easily memorized. You always know exactly where you are at all times and it is done at precisely the moment you are about to be completely over it. WIN WIN WIN DING DING DING.The Specs:Pattern: Shetland Triangle Lace Shawl by Evelyn A. ClarkYarn: Rowan Kid ClassicThe A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-27864691552490536532011-03-30T22:03:00.004-04:002011-04-09T12:52:29.393-04:00HerbivoreI was very tempted to title this blog post something like 'That's a Wrap!' in the great tradition of American Corniness, but instead I'm going with the straight up title of the pattern: Herbivore. Learn this name because at some point you WILL be knitting this pattern, ok?The Specs:Pattern: Herbivore by Stephen WestSize: Medium-ish?Yarn: The Sanguine Gryphon 'Bugga', 1 skein in 'Charlotte'.The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17351693.post-85918336398136149062011-03-17T08:08:00.004-04:002011-04-09T12:52:54.011-04:00Two More HatsFrankly I don't understand how I could have not blogged about these two hat patterns earlier. Ideally it would have been before the freight train known as Daylight Savings Time flattened me and turned me into the walking wounded. I fail to see how a one hour time shift can make a person feel so utterly ill, but there you have it. So. LAME.The SpecsHat #1Pattern: November Leaves by Melissa The A.D.D. Knitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667169869020308185noreply@blogger.com14